/siluriformes/ariidae/carlarius/heudelotii/1.jpg "Carlarius heudelotii")
 Cat-eLog Data Sheet | |
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| Scientific Name | Carlarius heudelotii (Valenciennes, 1840) |
| Common Names | Smoothmouth Sea Catfish Glatmundet Havmalle (Denmark) |
| Type Locality | Senegal. |
| Synonym(s) | Arius mercatoris, Tachysurus heudelotii, Tachysurus mercatoris |
| Species Information | |
| Size | 830mm or 32.7" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp. |
| Habitat Information | |
| Distribution | Eastern Atlantic: Cape Blanc, Mauritania to Gabon and possibly Angola along the shallow continental shelf. Reported from the lower Niger basin, the Benoué River, and the Gambia. Atlantic, East Atlantic (click on these areas to find other species found there) African Waters, Nigeria Waters, Niger, Lower Niger (click on these areas to find other species found there) African Waters, Nigeria Waters, Niger, Bénoué (click on these areas to find other species found there) African Waters, Gambia (click on these areas to find other species found there) Log in to view data on a map. |
| IUCN Red List Category | Least Concern, range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2011. |
| Husbandry Information | |
| Feeding | Feeds on benthic invertebrates buried in the mud but it can sometimes leave the bottom to capture prey in open water. User data. |
| Breeding | Unreported. The females bear large eggs which are incubated and develop in the buccal cavity of the males. |
| Breeding Reports | There is no breeding report. |
| Further Information | |
| Reference | Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 15, pp 73, Pl. 428. |
| Registered Keepers | There is but a single registered keeper, view all "my cats" data. |
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| Spotters | Spotted this species somewhere? Click the binoculars! There are 2 records of this fish being seen, view them all. |
| Forum BBCode | |
| Search for C. heudelotii | |
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| Last Update | 2019 Sep 17 16:53 (species record created: 2001 Apr 12 00:00) |
